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Chapter 5: Differential Equation Graph Application

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u To start a graph/curve trace

1. Draw a solution curve (see pages 119 through 120) or function graph (see page 123).

2. Tap = or [Analysis] - [Trace].

5-4

Graphing an Expression or Value by Dropping It into
the Differential Equation Graph Window

You can use the procedures in this section to graph an expression or value by dragging it from the eActivity
application window or the Main application window, and dropping it into the Differential Equation Graph window.

To draw this type of graph:

Drop this type of expression or value into the Differential Equation
Graph window:

Slope field

1st-order differential equation in the form of

y

’ =

f

(

x

,

y

)

Solution curve(s) of a 1st-
order differential equation

Matrix of initial conditions in the following form:
[[

x

1

,

y

(

x

1

)][

x

2

,

y

(

x

2

)] .... [

x

n

,

y

(

x

n

)]]

• Note that the Slope field should already be graphed on the Differential

Equation Graph window before the matrix is dropped in. If it isn’t, dropping
in the matrix will simply plot points at the coordinates indicated by each (

x

,

y

) pair.

• Regardless of whether or not the Slope field is already graphed, values

in the dropped in matrix will be registered to the [IC] tab of the Differential
Equation Editor.

Solution curve(s) of an

n

th-

order differential equation

1)

n

th-order differential equation such as

y

” +

y

’ +

y

= sin(

x

), followed by

2) Matrix of initial conditions in the following form:

[[

x

1

,

y

1(

x

1

)][

x

2

,

y

1(

x

2

)] .... [

x

n

,

y

1(

x

n

)]] or

[[

x

1

,

y

1(

x

1

),

y

2(

x

1

)][

x

2

,

y

1(

x

2

),

y

2(

x

2

)] .... [

x

n

,

y

1(

x

n

),

y

2(

x

n

)]]

f

(

x

) type function graph

Function in the form

y

=

f

(

x

)

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To drag the 1st-order differential equation

y

’ = exp(

x

) +

x

2

and then the initial condition matrix [0, 1] from

the eActivity application window to the Differential Equation Graph window, and graph the applicable

slope field and solution curve

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To drag the

n

th-order differential equation

y

” +

y

’ = exp(

x

) and then the initial condition matrix [[0, 1, 0]

[0, 2, 0]] from the eActivity application window to the Differential Equation Graph window, and graph the

applicable solution curves

Tip:

An

n

th-order differential equation of the form

f

(

y

’,

y

”…,

x

) dropped into the Differential Equation Graph window will

be treated as

f

(

y

’,

y

”…,

x

) = 0.